Auditions - World Premiere Musical "Every Saturday Night"
22 views
Skip to first unread message
Laura Domingo
Jan 7, 2026, 4:15:09 PM (2 days ago) Jan 7
to BayAreaTheatreBums
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO) is hosting auditions this Sunday, January 11, 2-7pm for their world premiere musical Every Saturday Night by local legends Danny Duncan and Michael Gene Sullivan.
About the Play:
Every Saturday Night is a vibrant, memory-saturated musical that bridges past and present inside a single Fillmore District home. In the present day, Donte - a lifelong resident preparing to leave San Francisco - meets a young Black family considering buying his house. As Donte and their teenage son Adarè slowly connect, the walls begin to reopen, revealing the after-hours jazz joint Donte’s mother Ardella once ran in the 1950s. Music, humor, grief, and resistance swirl together as the past bursts into the room - dancers, cooks, lovers, hustlers, and dreamers reclaiming their place in a neighborhood that was once called the “Harlem of the West.”
Audition Location:
Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
About the Play:
Every Saturday Night is a vibrant, memory-saturated musical that bridges past and present inside a single Fillmore District home. In the present day, Donte - a lifelong resident preparing to leave San Francisco - meets a young Black family considering buying his house. As Donte and their teenage son Adarè slowly connect, the walls begin to reopen, revealing the after-hours jazz joint Donte’s mother Ardella once ran in the 1950s. Music, humor, grief, and resistance swirl together as the past bursts into the room - dancers, cooks, lovers, hustlers, and dreamers reclaiming their place in a neighborhood that was once called the “Harlem of the West.”
Through interwoven timelines, the piece explores Black joy under pressure, the cost of survival, gentrification’s relentless churn, and the quiet ache of becoming who your family needed you to be. It is both a love letter and a warning, a musical celebration of the people who carved out sanctuary in a world determined to erase them.
sfbatco.org/audition for full details and sign up instructions.
Seeking actors for the following characters:
-DONTE: A Black Man, longtime homeowner in San Francisco's Western Addition 60-70
-JOANELLE: A Black Woman, software engineer, married to Samuel Mid 30's. Also plays Estelle.
-SAMUEL: A Black Man, independent contractor, married to Joanelle Mid 30's. Also plays Willie
-ADARÈ: A Black Teenager, a gamer, Joanelle and Samuel's son Mid teen
-CHRISTINE LAFONTAINE: A Black Business Woman, owner of Cafe Obsidian Mid 30's - 60's. Also plays Sylvia
-ARDELLA: A Black Woman, owner of an after hours joint late 30’s.
-YOUNG DONTE: A Black Teenager, Ardella's son Mid teen
-UNCLE BUB: A Black Man, cook at Ardella's After Hours 40's
-DORIS: A Black Woman, friend and employee at Ardella's After Hours 20's-30's
-MAXINE: A Black Woman, Ardella's customer 20's
-SIR DON: A Black Man, Ardella's customer 30's-40's
-WILLIE: A Black Man, Ardella's customer 40's-50's. Also plays Samuel.
-SYLVIA: A Black Woman, Ardella's customer 30's-40's. Also plays Christine LaFontaine.
-ESTELLE: A Black Woman, Ardella's customer 30's - 40's. Also plays Joannelle
-BOBBY JOE: A Black Man, Ardella's estranged husband 30's - 50's
Key Production Dates:
-Possible 1 - week Development workshop - Summer of 2026 TBD.
-Rehearsals: Aug 31 - Oct 1st
-Tech/Dress Rehearsals: October 2nd - 9th
-Previews: Oct 10th - 14th
-Shows: Oct 15th - Nov 1st with possible extension until 11/8
Pay:
AEA Tier 2 $519.00/week
Visit sfbatco.org/audition
Seeking actors for the following characters:
-DONTE: A Black Man, longtime homeowner in San Francisco's Western Addition 60-70
-JOANELLE: A Black Woman, software engineer, married to Samuel Mid 30's. Also plays Estelle.
-SAMUEL: A Black Man, independent contractor, married to Joanelle Mid 30's. Also plays Willie
-ADARÈ: A Black Teenager, a gamer, Joanelle and Samuel's son Mid teen
-CHRISTINE LAFONTAINE: A Black Business Woman, owner of Cafe Obsidian Mid 30's - 60's. Also plays Sylvia
-ARDELLA: A Black Woman, owner of an after hours joint late 30’s.
-YOUNG DONTE: A Black Teenager, Ardella's son Mid teen
-UNCLE BUB: A Black Man, cook at Ardella's After Hours 40's
-DORIS: A Black Woman, friend and employee at Ardella's After Hours 20's-30's
-MAXINE: A Black Woman, Ardella's customer 20's
-SIR DON: A Black Man, Ardella's customer 30's-40's
-WILLIE: A Black Man, Ardella's customer 40's-50's. Also plays Samuel.
-SYLVIA: A Black Woman, Ardella's customer 30's-40's. Also plays Christine LaFontaine.
-ESTELLE: A Black Woman, Ardella's customer 30's - 40's. Also plays Joannelle
-BOBBY JOE: A Black Man, Ardella's estranged husband 30's - 50's
Key Production Dates:
-Possible 1 - week Development workshop - Summer of 2026 TBD.
-Rehearsals: Aug 31 - Oct 1st
-Tech/Dress Rehearsals: October 2nd - 9th
-Previews: Oct 10th - 14th
-Shows: Oct 15th - Nov 1st with possible extension until 11/8
Pay:
AEA Tier 2 $519.00/week
Visit sfbatco.org/audition
Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages